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Are cars cheaper in Nigeria than Canada?
It's called comparative advantage.

Nnamdipapa:
Here is a bunch of banana I bought for N500, this would go for nothing less than $4 in Canada, please note these are organic bananas we are talking about not the extra-sweet, GMO tampered bananas in the west and I got this in Lagos meaning folks living in the suburbs might even be buying cheaper.

I also buy I big avocado for N400, do the maths and convert to $. When next you complain about Nigeria, remember we have cheap and easily accessible fruits and vegetables.

Nnamdipapa:
Here is a bunch of banana I bought for N500, this would go for nothing less than $4 in Canada, please note these are organic bananas we are talking about not the extra-sweet, GMO tampered bananas in the west and I got this in Lagos meaning folks living in the suburbs might even be buying cheaper.

I also buy I big avocado for N400, do the maths and convert to $. When next you complain about Nigeria, remember we have cheap and easily accessible fruits and vegetables.

They have sent half witted mammals to speak for them again. Show workings after 3 years in power not this nonsense talk of comparing values when the exchange rate was plummeted by years of insan!ty.
We'd be buying those items at #4 or #5 if the country was working.

Bahamas95:
The way some of you reason is why these politicians use the masses to catch cruise.


Stop making excuses for these criminals that have stolen your past, present and future.

Including Peter Obi, Atiku, Amaechi and all those rogues that claimed to wanna make Nigeria great again.

Nnamdipapa:
I see average Nigerians clubbing and having fun every Friday night, come to my area and see people having fun that average Canadians never have.

Remember, the average Canadian havelike 5months in a year with extreme cold weather with people staying mostly indoors with uber boring lives.

Remember u are talking of a corrupt country with lot of yahoo boys and political looters. So what do u expect? They only club, drink and patronize prostitution

Nnamdipapa:
I got these books for 16, 200 Naira today in Lagos, you couldn't get one of these books for less than $15 on Amazon or bookshops in Canada.

Please where you bought these books, do they have a website or socials, I'd like to get my own copies too?

pocohantas:
No mind am. Anytime he comes home and eats abacha, eggs or banana, next thing na to tell us things are cheap in Nigeria.

He definitely has to be trolling 'cause these are basic food.

WhiteIverson:
You say it's cheap but what is the purchasing power of majority of the citizens?

Let's compare

In Nigeria, the minimum wage is 70,000. If you were to spend your minimum wage only on 500 naira bananas, you would only be able to buy 140 pieces.

In Canada the minimum wage is $16.95. Multiply that by 40 hours weekly and also multiply by 4 weeks. You earn $2,712 dollars monthly. If you were to spend your monthly salary only on bananas at $4 dollars each, you'd be able to purchase 678 pieces.

When you want to compare prices of different countries, there are a lot of factors to consider. How do you expect the prices of bananas to be in cheaper in Canada than Nigeria?

Very correct

Fearyourcreator:
Pele , same amount they pay in canada for electricity una no go gree pay the same , same percentage income tax they pay una no go wan pay here... Make una dey decieve una selves

Dey play... Deep down you know Canada is better by all ramifications..

Nnamdipapa:
Cars are more expensive in Nigeria though due to high importation costs as we mostly import everything. We still have a long way to go as a nation and I believe we all have a role to play if we want a functioning country for the future generations.

Also, I agree our politicians are mostly clueless and we continually have to hold them accountable instead of sucking up to them.

Funny how you evaded the valid points that AdvancedDNA put forth and fell back to blaming our leaders even after praising them indirectly.

You believe all these things are cheap because you have more purchasing power and disposable income.

A bricklayer/mason man in Lagos suburbs earn 10k per day of hard work and the labourer that works with the bricklayer earns 7,500 per day.

Now, remove the cost of their transport to and from the site, remove the cost of their feeding while at site, and remove the prorated cost of their house rent per day, remove the cost to feed their family for the day. Remove prorated daily schoole fees cost, etc. I doubt the bricklayer will have up to 1k at the end of the day.

Now, do the same for an average person in Canada. I believe you are getting the picture.

It is always funny when you folks over there or returning diasporans do these baseless and unfounded comparisons, without first factoring the minimum wage and the percentages the various living cost elements take from the minimum wage for both countries. It is always very funny. That is why our leaders dont take us serious

You be my namesake, but I go tell you true

Nnamdipapa:
I got these books for 16, 200 Naira today in Lagos, you couldn't get one of these books for less than $15 on Amazon or bookshops in Canada.

the books are sheep here in Nigeria because most Nigerians don't buy nor read books.

Nnamdipapa:
I got these books for 16, 200 Naira today in Lagos, you couldn't get one of these books for less than $15 on Amazon or bookshops in Canada.

Pirated books

Nnamdipapa:
I relocated in August last year, I and my family are enjoying Nigeria and the biggest regrets is not relocating like four years ago. It has been a positive experience here in Lagos so far.

Great. Did you guys move at once or you moved first and brought them thereafter?

lanresz:
For someone working in Ontario, the person will still go home with more than $1,000. I am in Canada typing it. That's why I specify Ontario. Actually, the only province where they may not take up to $1,000 home biweekly is Quebec. That's after accounting for 30 mins break, both federal and provincial taxes, EI and CPP. CRA has a website where you can calculate this.

Ok I give up. Good luck..:. If you’re in Ontario and typing this…… then hmmmmmm. Am almost tempted to send you a pay slip so u understand better but nah…..

Nnamdipapa:
Here is a bunch of banana I bought for N500, this would go for nothing less than $4 in Canada, please note these are organic bananas we are talking about not the extra-sweet, GMO tampered bananas in the west and I got this in Lagos meaning folks living in the suburbs might even be buying cheaper.

I also buy I big avocado for N400, do the maths and convert to $. When next you complain about Nigeria, remember we have cheap and easily accessible fruits and vegetables.

It makes absolutely no sense to convert such prices to dollar because the cost of living in the two countries are very different

Nnamdipapa:
Yes, you make a good points but, with all the above, more people are still miserable over there than in Nigeria.
You do realize Nigeria is still a developing country and, we still have a long way to go but despite all that, we have it good here in Nigeria.

On band A, I have lights for about 22 hours in a day and when the light is off, the kids go to play table tennis or basketball in the compound, don’t forget we have good weather all year round in Nigeria. This week there was a mass shooting in BC Canada leading to death of 10 students. This goes to show nowhere is perfect or totally without one form of problem or the other.8

I will start with ur last statement, before the recent Canada shooting, when last was there one? In nigeria, u cannot go one week without hearing of a senseless killing, usually tens of people. There's so rampant now d media doesn't even give them the attention they deserve anymore.

Now, it is a joke to say that there are more miserable people in Canada than Nigeria. That's a goof.

If you are miserable in Canada, you probably did it to yourself. But in nigeria, unless you're born into the elite class, you are very vulnerable to misery. Though I should mention, many nigerian have been miserable for so long, they forgot they are actually miserable.

Finally, nigeria is not a developing country, it's one on life support.

Love800:
But saudi arabia and nigeria are age-mates. And if you start listing top-5 good and standard countries, saudi is up there as a developed nation.

Where is ur sovereignty(naija)!

Compare the population of Saudi Arabia and their revenue, now compare it to that if Nigeria and see the difference.
You're comparing a truck pusher who has 8 children with a medical doctor with just 2? How do you people reason? I believe you're planning to have 6 children and not that you add anything meaningful to the economy.

MONEY247:
Dey play... Deep down you know Canada is better by all ramifications..

Na why your entertainers dey come back 9ja come blow , yeye ... I no dey people wey see whiteman land as Luxury... Not much really dey ,lolzzzz.. i sabi wetin i dey talk die

advanceDNA:
Wetin dey pain u gan gan ??

You dey deceive yourself, so no dey think others be like you. Wetin i talk na true or no be true ? Oya lie to yourself again

tarboshi:
Minimum wage in Canada is above $5000 per month. that'll above 6.5 million Naira per month.

if I earn 5000 dollar per month, what is a $4 dollar banana compared to my wage?

All these emergency lovers of Nigeria sef!

Which of the Canadas is minimum wage $5k monthly? I hope it's not the one in North America? I guess not.

Nnamdipapa:
I got these books for 16, 200 Naira today in Lagos, you couldn't get one of these books for less than $15 on Amazon or bookshops in Canada.

Pirated and low quality books that can't stand the test of time on the book shelf?

Fearyourcreator:
You dey deceive yourself, so no dey think others be like you. Wetin i talk na true or no be true ? Oya lie to yourself again

Deceive ?? Lie?? Lol… ..

Baba…. u sound angry over this issue…..Thats why i asked u earlier.. wetin dey pain u gan gan?

Kindledlight:
Including Peter Obi, Atiku, Amaechi and all those rogues that claimed to wanna make Nigeria great again.

The last time I checked those people you mentioned ain't musicians but Nigerian politicians.


What exactly is your point?



So for your mind now I regard those people as saints? You must be a comedian.

advanceDNA:
Deceive ?? Lie?? Lol… ..

Baba…. u sound angry over this issue…..Thats why i asked u earlier.. wetin dey pain u gan gan?

The slavery mentality wey build mansion inside your head , e dey pain me no be small

MEGAWATCH:
How does this Tinubu supporters sleep at night after telling all this liars on the internet?


Nawaoo!


🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Every administration that comes you must wail. 3yrs ago it was Buhari supporters that you were wailing about. Today is Tinubu and you are still wailing. Don't worry your tribe man Obi is coming so that we can hear something non this platform.

advanceDNA:
U just think food is cheap because u relocated to nigeria with higher purchasing power than most Nigerians…and may probably still get your benefits or pensions

There is a large number of pple that the 500naira banana u posted is a luxury they can only afford once in a while…..average nigerian salary nor pass 50-80k ooo

cars probably looks cheap to you too … but the average nigeria cant save up to get a 18 year old camry anymore that used to sell for 1.9M but is now 10M…

Ut Its fine that your pov is different shaaa

How many people buy cars abroad and pay complete cash? It's all credit. You are enjoying luxury now but you are working tirelessly for ten years to continuously pay for it.

You bought some ugly looking bananas for #500 and some generic books for #16,200 and then the next thing is to conclude that things are cheaper in Nigeria than in Canada. Where in Canada are you really talking about ? Banana usually is easily affordable in Ontario and most people buy Kindle ebooks and not hard copies. It is funny how some of you guys that barely lived in Canada go back to Nigeria and starts writing stuff . What exactly made you go back to Nigeria?

Nnamdipapa:
I got these books for 16, 200 Naira today in Lagos, you couldn't get one of these books for less than $15 on Amazon or bookshops in Canada.

But you earn 4000 Canadian dollars. How much is that In naira

Nnamdipapa:
Here is a bunch of banana I bought for N500, this would go for nothing less than $4 in Canada, please note these are organic bananas we are talking about not the extra-sweet, GMO tampered bananas in the west and I got this in Lagos meaning folks living in the suburbs might even be buying cheaper.

I also buy I big avocado for N400, do the maths and convert to $. When next you complain about Nigeria, remember we have cheap and easily accessible fruits and vegetables.

Let's do a quick math.

Minimum wage in nigeria: 70k monthly

At N500, u can buy a bundle of bananas 140 times only with you 70k salary.

Notes, more than half of the working population earns below the minimum wage in nigeria.


Minimum wage in canade: approx 3k cad monthly.

At 4 cad you can buy a bunch of bananas 750 times with your 3k cad salary.

Note: most Canadians (and even immigrants) earn well above the 3k cad minimum wage.

You people should stop using fraudulent indices.

Vision101:
How many people buy cars abroad and pay complete cash? It's all credit. You are enjoying luxury now but you are working tirelessly for ten years to continuously pay for it.

Ur point is??
If u can afford a 5k dollars used car, go ahead save and buy……nor be the used car una dey ship come naija ?? . Na u dey look for new car of 80k dollars wey dey make u pay credit for 10years…

A nigerian civil servant cant even buy a used 18 year old toyota camry sold for 10-11 million even if he saved for 10years….

I ask again…ur point is??

Fearyourcreator:
The slavery mentality wey build mansion inside your head , e dey pain me no be small

Baba… i nor understand u honestly… all u are doing is throwing insults..

If i offended u.. abeg no vex…. Dey carry ur bad energy go another place